Mae West

You might think that the driver of a Ford Mustang is usually stopped for speeding due to the car's powerful V-6 and V-8 engines. But you can't entirely blame a Mustang driver's right foot for moving violations. Instead, blame Ford's interior designers.

They are the ones who, in an effort to evoke the 1960s, blessed the instrument cluster with a font that is condensed - and positively illegible. What's worse is that the speedometer's numbers are squeezed into half of the dial. The rest of the gauge is empty.

And that's not all.

Why does my elbow hit the hard center console? Why are the vanity mirror covers so cheaply made? Why is there no spot for my Ray-Bans? Or...

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